Taoiseach: I have no evidence that bank guarantee files were shredded

Enda Kenny has admitted he has no evidence to back up his claim that the previous government “shredded” the file relating to the controversial bank guarantee.

The Taoiseach’s comments earlier this month, in which he suggested the file relating to the Sept 2008 decision had been “either shredded or disposed of”, prompted a furious reaction from Fianna Fáil.

The party said Mr Kenny had cast unfair aspersions on, among others, the late finance minister Brian Lenihan.